Myra-Breckinridge-Gore-Vidal

Anyway the damage is done. So you took him to Malibulast night." She nodded bleakly. "There were a dozenpeople there, all so successful and rich. One was a star.You know, the one who's in that television series that wasjust canceled by CBS, Riptide? He was nice but drunk.Anyway Letitia made a big fuss over Rusty, who was rudeas could be to her and to everybody else. I've never seenhim act like that before." "Perhaps he had something on hismind." "Well, whatever it is it was eating him up, forsuddenly he gets up and says to Miss Van Allen. 'I got tocut. This isn't my scene.' And left just like that, without me. Iwas never so embarrassed and hurt. Anyway Miss VanAllen couldn't have been nicer and said she wouldn't hold itagainst Rusty and since it was so late I'd better sleep over,which I did, though I didn't sleep much, with that boy fromRiptide banging on the door all night." I poured her moregin which she drank. Her spirits improved. "Anyway, today Icalled Rusty at the place where he's staying and they saidhe didn't come home last night, and then I called theAcademy and they said he didn't go to any of his classes,and then I got scared that maybe he was killed orsomething so I called the police but they didn't knowanything. Then I waited in the dorm all evening for him tocall and when finally he didn't, I came here......" Her voicehad become qua_ very again. "You did the right thing," Isaid. "And I want you to stay here with me until everything'sstraightened itself out.', "You're so good, Miss Myra!" "Notat all. Now don't worry about Rusty. Nothing's happened tohim. He's probably in a bad mood because of the situation